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In 1970, Germaine Greer published The Female Eunuch, an immediate worldwide bestseller that remains a landmark in the history of the women’s movement. Since then, Greer has published a succession of hard-hitting, often hotly debated and continually surprising books, most recently On Rape, in which she controversially argues that it's time to rethink rape. Centuries of different approaches to rape – as inflicted by men on women – have, she writes, got us nowhere. Rape statistics remain intractable: one woman in five will experience sexual violence. Very few rapes find their way into court. The crucial issue is consent, thought by some to be easy to establish and by others, impossible. Sexual assault does not diminish; relations between the sexes do not improve; litigation balloons. Greer argues there has to be a better way. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.
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In 1970, Germaine Greer published The Female Eunuch, an immediate worldwide bestseller that remains a landmark in the history of the women’s movement. Since then, Greer has published a succession of hard-hitting, often hotly debated and continually surprising books, most recently On Rape, in which she controversially argues that it's time to rethink rape. Centuries of different approaches to rape – as inflicted by men on women – have, she writes, got us nowhere. Rape statistics remain intractable: one woman in five will experience sexual violence. Very few rapes find their way into court. The crucial issue is consent, thought by some to be easy to establish and by others, impossible. Sexual assault does not diminish; relations between the sexes do not improve; litigation balloons. Greer argues there has to be a better way. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.

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